Funds allocated for hotel demolition

No easy fix for complaints about homeless

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$14.4M bond funding approved for Kaloko Heights affordable housing

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Rental regulations: New rules — and fees — proposed for hosted and non-hosted transient rentals

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Funding has been allocated for the demolition of the derelict Uncle Billy’s Hilo Bay Hotel.

Source: Hawaii Tribune Herald